Design

09.11.2012

Tuned in to the digital age

Twenty impressive video walls will meet the passengers who come aboard M/S Viking Grace. The images on these walls will change appearance depending on the time of the day, creating a unique ambience on board. Resources have also been allocated to creating a system of information screens, which can be found throughout the ferry.

Each video wall will comprise four of the latest 46” NEC-monitors. They can be found in stairwells and other public areas and can be seen as dynamic elements of the interior design.

“The video walls will create different kinds of atmospheres on board through images and lighting. On mornings passengers will be greeted by a wonderful sunrise and during evenings the atmosphere will be cheery and festive. Each wall group is unique and can show its own individual content“ ,says Kenneth Kronström, IT project manager from Viking Line.

A large network of information screens will keep passengers up to date.

The digital display systems on board M/S Viking Grace will not only consist of video walls – it will also feature easily accessible information screens. There will, in fact, be a total of 163 digital displays on board; other ferries have an average of approximately twenty. In effect, this places M/S Viking Grace in the technological league of American luxury cruise ships.

A total of 102 computers are required to maintain operations of the various screens – this amounts to one computer per individual screen or per ‘grouping’ of screens.

Interoute is the telecommunications company responsible for supplying and installing equipment, as well as programming its software. Interoute has previously provided Stena Line with a similar system, albeit on a smaller scale. They are truly skilled in their field of expertise.

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About Viking Line

In 1959 first genuine Baltic Sea car ferry, the S/S Viking, was placed in traffic between the Finnish mainland, the Åland Islands and Sweden. This was the first phase of an almost revolutionary expansion in ferry communications. More than 50 vessels have sailed in the fleets of the Viking Ship companies, and over 175 million passengers have travelled with the company’s vessels since the start. Today Viking Line has seven vessels in traffic on the Baltic Sea serving more than 6,4 million passengers per year. Operations include passenger services, recreation and cargo carrier services. The number of employees is approximately 3,000. The company was listed on Helsinki Stock exchange in 1995.